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Hospitlal stays and effects on benefits
- McGoggy
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However happily this was not the case. I contacted Motability for advise and was very pleased to learn that I would keep the car for at least 3 months at which time the situation would be reviewed. This is because my husband is my named driver & uses the car to visit me in hospital and losing it would create more hardship.
I have been discharged today making my stay 8 weeks in total so I will be contacting DLA tomorrow to adivse them and hopefully have my benefit reinstated. I am of course concerned that this will instigate my "PIP Journey!" which I'm dreading but it has to be faced.
Hope this information puts some minds at rest over their much needed cars during potential lengthy hospital stays.
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- Gordon
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The most important thing is to contact everybody up front and then manage the situation from there.
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- McGoggy
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Thanks for your response. I totally agree & contacted them after about one week when it was looking like a lengthy stay was inevitable.
Incidentally do you think, when I contact DLA tomorrow to inform them of my discharge, it will prompt my invitation to claim PIP?
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- Gordon
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elainegem wrote: Hi Gordon
Thanks for your response. I totally agree & contacted them after about one week when it was looking like a lengthy stay was inevitable.
Incidentally do you think, when I contact DLA tomorrow to inform them of my discharge, it will prompt my invitation to claim PIP?
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I'm afraid there is a possibility although you are not reporting a Change of Circumstances, however, the DWP seem to think that any surgery is like a trip to Lourdes and cures all known ills.
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elainegem wrote: I must make it clear when I speak that my condition is not curable.
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Yes, it is very important that you do so.
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